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Species Ircinia cactus (Lendenfeld, 1889)

  • Hircinia (Euricinia) cactus Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. Die Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse der Hornschwämme. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 4: 1-93 [60] [virtually unrecognisable see Bergquist, P.R. 1980. A revision of the supraspecific classification of the orders Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida (Class Demospongiae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7: 443–503 figs 1–25 pls (466); initially described in key, subsequently described in Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. (554, pl. 36 fig. 2)].
    Type data:
     Holotype ZMB 6723 dry (as 'ceretus', probably an error), West Is., Torres Strait, QLD [10°22'S 142°02'E].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Torres Strait.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018 15-Dec-2011 MOVED
29-Mar-2018 13-Apr-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)